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ASV 1901 < < 2 Chronicles 15 > > KJV 1769

1 Asa with Judah and many of Israel, moved by the prophecy of Azariah the son of Obed, make a solemn Covenant with God. 16 He putteth down Maachah his mother for her idolatry. 18 He bringeth dedicated things into the house of God, and enjoyeth a long peace.

15:1 ¶
And the Spiritº
of Godº
cameº
uponº
Azariahº
the sonº
of Oded:º

15:2
and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

15:2
And he went outºº
to meetº
Asa,º
and saidºº
unto him, Hearºº
ye me, Asa,º
and allº
Judahº
and Benjamin;º
The LORDº
[is] withº
you, while ye beº
withº
him; and ifº
ye seekºº
him, he will be foundºº
of you; but ifº
ye forsakeºº
him, he will forsakeºº
you.

15:3
Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

15:3
Now for a longº
seasonºº
Israelº
[hath been] withoutº
the trueº
God,º
and withoutº
a teachingºº
priest,º
and withoutº
law.º

15:4
But when in their distress they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

15:4
But when they in their troubleº
did turnºº
untoº
the LORDº
Godº
of Israel,º
and soughtºº
him, he was foundºº
of them.

15:5
And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

15:5
And in thoseº
timesº
[there was] noº
peaceº
to him that went out,ºº
nor to him that came in,ºº
butº
greatº
vexationsº
[were] uponº
allº
the inhabitantsºº
of the countries.º

15:6
And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

15:6
And nationº
was destroyedºº
of nation,º
and cityº
of city:º
forº
Godº
did vexºº
them with allº
adversity.º

15:7
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

15:8
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

15:8
And when Asaº
heardºº
theseº
words,º
and the prophecyº
of Odedº
the prophet,º
he took courage,ºº
and put awayºº
the abominable idolsº
out of allºº
the landº
of Judahº
and Benjamin,º
and out ofº
the citiesº
whichº
he had takenºº
from mountºº
Ephraim,º
and renewedººº
the altarº
of the LORD,º
thatº
[was] beforeº
the porchº
of the LORD.º

15:9
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

15:9
And he gatheredººº
allº
Judahº
and Benjamin,º
and the strangersºº
withº
them out of Ephraimºº
and Manasseh,º
and out of Simeon:ºº
forº
they fellºº
toº
him out of Israelºº
in abundance,º
when they sawºº
thatº
the LORDº
his Godº
[was] withº
him.

15:10
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

15:10
So they gathered themselves togetherºº
at Jerusalemº
in the thirdº
month,º
in the fifteenthºº
yearº
of the reignº
of Asa.º

15:11
And they sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

15:11
And they offeredºº
unto the LORDº
the sameº
time,º
ofº
the spoilº
[which] they had brought,ºº
sevenº
hundredº
oxenº
and sevenº
thousandº
sheep.º

15:12
And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

15:12
And they enteredºº
into a covenantº
to seekººº
the LORDº
Godº
of their fathersº
with allº
their heartº
and with allº
their soul;º

15:13
and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

15:14
And they sware unto Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

15:14
And they swareºº
unto the LORDº
with a loudº
voice,º
and with shouting,º
and with trumpets,º
and with cornets.º

15:15
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Jehovah gave them rest round about.

15:15
And allº
Judahº
rejoicedºº
atº
the oath:º
forº
they had swornºº
with allº
their heart,º
and soughtºº
him with their wholeº
desire;º
and he was foundºº
of them: and the LORDº
gave them restºº
round about.ºº

15:16 ¶
And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

15:16 ¶
And alsoº
[concerning] Maachahº
the motherº
of Asaº
the king,º
he removedºº
her from [being] queen,ºº
becauseº
she had madeºº
an idolº
in a grove:º
and Asaº
cut downººº
her idol,º
and stampedºº
[it], and burntºº
[it] at the brookº
Kidron.º

15:17
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

15:17
But the high placesº
were notº
taken awayºº
out of Israel:ºº
neverthelessº
the heartº
of Asaº
wasº
perfectº
allº
his days.º

15:18 ¶
And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

15:18 ¶
And he broughtºº
intoº
the houseº
of Godºº
the things that his fatherº
had dedicated,º
and that he himself had dedicated,º
silver,º
and gold,º
and vessels.º

15:19
And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

15:19
And there wasº
noº
[more] warº
untoº
the fiveº
and thirtiethº
yearº
of the reignº
of Asa.º